Alohomora!: The Original Harry Potter Book Club

On Episode 207 we discuss...   → No spoilers for Fantastic Beasts! (Well, we tried) → Dumbledore as the archetypal mentor → Is Dumbledore a good person and are his actions justified? → Timelines can be confusing → JKR got Harry's story from Dumbledore's portrait → Would knowing Dumbledore's sexuality have impacted Harry's story? → Everything goes back to that one summer → How does Dumbledore still...

On this recap we discuss...    → Muggle ailments vs. Magical wounds → Flight, Fight, and Freeze → Why Order of the Phoenix Harry is exactly who he should be Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

On Episode 205 we discuss...  → Magic can’t fix everything → SpeakBeasty host, Ariel, has a question → How Anne Rowling shaped Harry Potter → What Ariana stands for → Lupin, HIV and metaphors for disability → Silvanus Kettleburn: The Black Knight → Disability in the darkness → The abuse of memory → Taking advantage of the disadvantaged Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/p...

On this recap we discuss...  → Fiddling with the Fidelius Charm → Is there a secret hiding in the Order photo? → Giving Peter some slack Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

On Episode 205 we discuss... →  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

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On Episode 204 we discuss... → A little more Patronus talk → The brightest witch of her age → The love of teaching → Being an individual → Not conforming to society's needs → Small yet powerful → A mother's love → A mother's desperation → Abuse playing into the picture → Is evilness related to pleasing a man? → The Hogwarts Regina George? → All hail the Queen Become a supporter of this podcast: ht...

On this recap we discuss... → Delphi's parentage → Scorpius nerdish qualities → Changing the people's opinions Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

On Episode 203 we discuss... → We reveal our Patronuses! → A new interpretive theory of the play → McGonagall: Out of character? → Awkward hierarchy → Ol' Reekie train → Who can influence a prophecy? → Albus's character progression → The need to hear Scorpius's lines in Anthony Boyle's voice → Paint, memory, and finally confronted trauma → Draco's softening → Time Turners and Fawkes and the Elder...

→ Amos the "stage dad"? → Could Cedric really be a Death Eater? → Snape's self destruction → Snape and Hermione Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

→ Seen, unseen and to be seen → Taking “The Augurey” seriously → Familiar faces for familiarity’s sake → Imagination vs. Live Theater → The Great Snape Debate continues → Polly Chapman and the Missing Direction → Scorpius: The Human Pottermore → Cedric Diggory goes stupid crazy → Ron and Hermione: From teaspoons to ladles → Who is the Cursed Child? → The Curse of Nineteen Years Later → Delphie......

→ Something feels familiar... → The origins of Del-FEE → Time: Wibbly-wobbly or around in circles? → Spinster Hermione has no Oppugnos to give → The happy medium of reading Cursed Child Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

→ More first impressions → To what effect are the dream sequences helpful? → Delphi's master manipulation → Why did Harry listen to Bane? Shouldn't he know better? → Scorpius the Cinnamon Roll → J. K. Rowling and Where to Find Her → The insane strength of Scorpius Malfoy? → Legitimizing 101: How to Make Your Fan Fiction Canon → Scorbus: to be or not to be? → Is Delphi affected by the AUs? → Risk i...

→ Does Ginny finally get her "Another! *Cup smash*" moment? → Scorpius and the Slytherin stigma → Harry's parenting skills → J. K. Rowling's (considerably narrower) Wizarding World Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

→ Our impressions, both seeing it before reading and reading before seeing → Costuming and sets that bring the world to life! → Music and sound design: creating the atmosphere → Magic is real! (And it's made with illusions) → Perfect casting is perfect → Our favorite moments in the theater Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book...

→ Our initial thoughts on the play as a whole → A functionally different epilogue → Rose Granger-Weasley: a study in reading vs. seeing → Scorpius Malfoy, the greatest nerd to ever nerd → Kids these days... er, in 2020 → The Trio is all grown up! → The lasting effects of Cedric Diggory → So, about the trolley witch... → Draco and his troubled past Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.sp...

→ Why Umbridge decided to not be a Death Eater → "Purr"-sonalities of cats → Historical roles of birch → Umbridge vs. Voldemort as villains Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

→ Is Umbridge truly a Slytherin? → Umbridge v. Lupin: Comparative teaching styles → Is Umbridge sleep deprived? → Dolores fulfills her own worst fears while at Hogwarts → Is Umbridge pitiable? → Would she have joined the Death Eaters if recruited? → How is Umbridge handling Azkaban prison? → Who exactly is more evil? Umbridge, or Lord Voldemort? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spre...

→ A new perspective on Remus Lupin → The badass within Minerva → Can we question her decisions to not marry Dougal? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

On this special bonus episode we discuss... → Has the brand lost touch with the fandom? → The Global Franchise Development team → From story and passion to business → How much is Jo controlling? → Fantastic Beasts and the Script No One Wants → What amount of blame does the fandom need to take? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-...

→ Minerva's Hatstall: why wasn't it mentioned in the series? → Did James Potter know Martin McGonagall? → Just how much did Albus & Minerva share with each other? → A tragic love life → Did Ron use McGonagall to learn about Hermione? → Minerva & Snape; what's the deal? → Does McGonagall believe Harry is The Chosen One? → What makes McGonagall so akin to felines? Become a supporter of this podcast:...

→ Does Salazar have Muggle relatives? → Do Ilvermorny wand rules pose serious issues? → Why Ilvermorny houses are superior to Hogwarts → The choice to live or die makes all the difference Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

→ Welcome to the new format! → The extremist Gaunts → “I am Isolt Sayre” → Magic for No-Majs → Love Magic: More questions than answers → Fantastic American Beasts and Where to Find Them → Slytherin’s best self → We stand before the Ilvermorny sorting statues Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

→ Beedle the Bard for a new generation → Broom games → Rediscovering the wizarding world Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support .

→ Newt Scamander vs. Kennilworthy Whisp → The Holyhead Harpies movie → Michael sings Celestina Warbeck’s Quidditch hit → Check out the Transylvanian team → Devaluing the Snitch → Awesome alliteration → Quodpot: Hot Potato Dodgeball → Which broomstick? → Starfish with and without Stick Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club...